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.WlRE-ROD-REELING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,423,6lated June 28, 1887.

Application filed January 31, 1887. Serial No. 226,026. (No model.) i

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Be it.known that I,-HoR'AoE A. YOUNG, of Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W'ire-Rod- Reeling Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descri ption of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which V Figure lrepresents a front view or elevation of so much of a wire-rod-reeling machine as is necessary to illustrate my improvements thereon. Fig. 2 is a side or edge view of the reel shown in Fig. 1, with the top part orreeling device removed and the central shaft thereof broken off above the supporti ng-frame.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the upper endof the machine, taken on line ct'b, Fig. 1, looking down, as indicated by'the arrow 0, same figure. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section through the machine, taken on line d c, Fig. 7, looking in the direction indicated by arrow f, same figure. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the reel of the machine, taken at in thedirection of arrow 9'. Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken at the point indicated by line h,Fig. 4,looking in the direction of arrow h. Fig. 7 is a top or plan view of the machine; and Fig. 8 is a central verticalsection through the upper end of the machine, showing a modification of my'improvements hereinafter more fully explained. My invention relates more particularly to reeling-machines used in the manufacture of wire rods; but may be adapted to coiling other similar strands, if desired.

The purpose of said invention is to accomplish the removal of the wire rods after having been coiled upon the reel from the top thereof in a more convenient and'expeditions manner than has heretofore been done by the use of similar reeling-machines made prior thereto. 7

It consists in so constructing,combining, and operating mechanism,hereinafter described,as to cause a series of levers or arms arranged in a double circular row to assume vertical positions prior to delivering the rod upon the reel, and to be swung down out of the way after thecoil has been completed between said levers or arms, so that said coil may be conveniently removed therefrom, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to better understand the nature and purpose thereof, I will now proceed to describe it morein detail.

' Referring to the drawings,the parts marked 1 1 represent standards extending up from the base 2, which serve as supports and guideways for the operating parts of the machine. Said standards may in turn be held in their proper positionsin any suitable and convenient manner.

The part 3 is a frame or carriage arranged between the standards 1 1 and fitted to slide up and down in suitable guideways J. 4.,formed in the inner sides thereof. Saidcarriageis supported upon the upper ends of two pistons, 5 5, which may be operated by means of hydraulic or steam power to elevate or lower the carriage; or, if desired, any other means may be employed to effect said result, no special claim being made to the same, except in com biuation with my improvements.

The main driving-shaft 6 turns in a sleeve, 7, extending up through the center of sliding carriage 3, and is operated by means of a bevelgear, 8, on the horizontal shaft 9, said gear 8 meshing with a bevel-gear, 10, fastened to the lower end of said driving-shaft 6. 'WVheu in operation, the driving-shaft 6 has a rotary motion only,'while the sleeve 7 and carriage 3 have both a rotary motion with the shaft, as well as vertical movements up and down, as and for the purpose hereinafterdescribed.

The shaft 6 has a bearing in the bottom of a vertical opening, 11, formed in the cap 12 of bearing 13, in which shaft 9 turns, and is held in position from moving up vertically by means of the flanged holding-collar 14, fastenedto the top of cap 12, and extending down into the aforesaid opening 11 against a collar, 15, formed on the bottom of the shaft, while sleeve 7 has a bearing on the step 16 at the bottom of. the opening in carriage 3, in which said sleeve turns, and is held in position vertically by a shoulder, 17, 011 the sleeve-bearing or coming under a corresponding shoulder on the carriage.

In order that the sleeve may be fitted in the carriage, one side of the latter is provided with ICO removable cap pieces 18 18, which may be fastened over the sleeve when fitted in position by means of the bolts 19 and nuts 20. Between said cap-pieces the sleeve is uncovered, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

To the upper end of the shaft 6 is fastened a horizontal circular plate or disk, 21, by means of a bolt, 22, passed through a collar, 23, on said plate or disk, a slot, 24, through the sleeve 7 and said shaft 6, (see Fig. 4,) the parts being held when thus fitted together by means of the nut 25. The purpose of said construction is to admit of the sleeve 7 being moved up and downvon the shaft 6 by and with the carriage 3, as hereinafter described. Upon the upper end of said sleeve 7 are formed or secured a series of horizontal radial arms, 7, eight in this instance, as is shown in Fig. 7, and said arms are each in turn provided with a pair of gears, 26 27 arranged to turn verticall y at one side thereof on bolts 28 29,'fastened therein. Said gears 26 27 are provided, respectively, with the smaller radial arms, 30 and 31,.upon the outer sides thereof, and are preferably fastened a little to one side of their centers by riveting the same thereto, as shown in the drawings.

The inner gears, 26, are made about double the diameter of the outerones, 27, for the purpose hereinafter explained; and to said larger inner gears are hinged at or near the peripheries thereof the upper ends of connectingrods 32, whose lower ends are hinged to cars or projections 33, formed on the top of plate 21 near itsouteredge. Said connections of the upper ends of the rods 32 with the gears 26 are made at the proper place to bring the arms 30 31 in upright positions and the pivots 34 above the centers of the gears when the various parts are in their normal positions, as shown by full lines in Figs. 1 and 4. The connections are best shown at the right hand side of said Fig. 4.

By the above construction and arrangement it is obvious that when the sleeve 7 and its arms 7 are elevated from the position shown by full lines to that shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, the large gears 26 are all turned toward the center of the machine, thus turning their arms 30 into a horizontal, or about a horizontal, position, and the small gears being arranged to mesh with said larger gears are turned in the opposite direction, thus causing the arms 31 thereof to point downward instead of up, as-indieated by full and dotted lines at the right-hand side of Fig. 4. The purpose of thus swinging the arms 30 and 31 down in opposite directions, as above described, will be stated later in a general description of the operation of the whole machine. v The above motions to said arms are imparted by turning the large gears about onefourth of a revolution, and the smaller ones, which are only about one-half the diameter of the others, as before stated, one-half a revolution. Said rotary or rocking movements are not arbitrary, however, and may be wiried considerably in making the machine.

In practice it is preferable to make the gears 26 27 with teeth extending around only a portion of their peripheries, or the working portions thereof, as shown in the drawings; but I do not limit myself thereto. It is also preferable, for the purpose ofeconomizing in space, to slot out the inner edges of the larger gears 26, as shown at 26, to receive the connecting-rods 32, and thus admit of the latter being arranged central therewith insteadof at one side thereof.

The rods are coiled upon the tops of the arms 7 between the gear-arms 3O 31, and to prevent said rods from catching or becoming entangled between the gears 26 27 said arms 7 are each provided upon their top edges with a flange or hood, 35, which extends over and covers said gears upon the top, as best shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Having described in detail thcvarious parts constituting my improvements upon a wirerod-reeling machine, I will now explain the operation thereof in coiling a wire rod and removing the finished coil therefrom.

Assuming that the various parts of the machine are in their normal positions with the top reeling devicein itslowered position,as indicated by full lines in Figs. land 4, and that the central shaft, 6, sleeve 7, and parts fastened thereto are being rotated at the required speed in the manner previously described, or the equivalent thereof, by now delivering the rod in the usual way upon the arms 7, between the movable gear-arms 30 31, said rod is laid in a continuous coil thereon. Upon the completion of the coil the rotation of the reeling device is stopped by means of an ordinary shipper, (notshown,) and thelifting-pistons made to move up the required distance. Said operation, it is obvious, causes the carriage 3, sleeve 7, its arms 7, and parts connected therewith to be also carried up into the positions shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, and in consequence causes the gears 26 27 to be turned in opposite directions, as shown by the arrows, through the connection of the gears 26 by the rods 32 with the plate or disk 21, which is stationary at this time. thereby in turn causing the lovers 3O 31 (which act as holding-spokes to keep the rod within its proper limits while being coiled) to be swung down out of the way to one side and the other of the finished coil, so that the latter may be conveniently drawn off or otherwise removed from the reel without the interference of said arms or spokes, as in ordinary cases. I

The main purpose of my inventionis the accomplishment of the above-stated result by swinging over the arms 30 31 out of the way, so as to leave the top surface of the reel clear from all obstructions in removing the finished coil.

Various modes of construction may be adopted to effect said result in substantially the same way as that hereinbefore described, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes in said construction as circumstances may require coming within the scope of my invention.

' An illustration of one modification thereof is shown in Fig. 8. In this instance, in lieu of the plate 21 and rod-connections 32, a toothed and slotted cylindrical part, 36, is secured to the upper end of shaft 6. The teeth 37 on said part are formed horizontally around its outer surface and engagewith teeth on the inner gears, 26. Therefore, when said gears are moved-up with the sleeve 7, as-in the former instance, said gears and the gears 27 are turned in directions opposite from each other, as previously described, and their arms swung down out of the way, the arms 30 passing down into the slots 38, formed in the upper part of said cylindrical part 36.

In the modified construction the gears 26 27 are supported on upright arms 39, extending up from a circular plate, 40, formed upon or fastened to the sleeve 7. The rods are coiled upon the tops of said arms 39,and when completed they are moved up, so as to bring their top surfaces upon a level. with the top surface of the cylindrical part 36, as shown by dotted linesv in said Fig. 8, thus forming a smooth and unencumbered top surface from which to remove the finished coil, as in the former instance.

I am aware of the United States Patents, granted to A. J. Trempe, for improved wireunwinding reel, No. 352,962, .dated November 23, 18 86, and to W. W. Shearer, for improved wiredrawing drum, No.353,975,dated December 7, 1886, both of which show hinged arms, but for accomplishing different results from my invention. In view thereof, however, I limit said invention to the special ap: plication of said arms to a wire-rod-reeling machine, as herein set forth.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to. secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A wire-rod-reeling machine comprising a sliding carriage, 3, fitted to work up and down between suitable stationary standards,

means for operating said carriage, a hollow shaft or sleeve, 7, centrally arranged within said carriage, fitted to turn therein and having a bearing upon a suitable step at or near the bottom thereof, and provided with radial horizontal arms 7 at the top, having a pair of gears, 26 27, fitted to turn on suitable pivots fastened in said arms, said gears being in turn provided with radial arms or spokes, between which the rods are coiled when they are in an elevated position, and which are swung down in opposite directions preparatory to removing the finished coils, the connecting rods or links 32, hinged at their upper ends to the inner 'gears, 26, circular horizontal plate 21,

connected at or near its outer edge with said rods or links 32 and fastened to the central main driving-shaft, 6, by means of the bolt 22 passed through the slot 24 in sleeve 7 and said driving-shaft 6, and held by-the nut 25, driving-shaft 6, fitted to turn with sleeve 7, means for holding it from moving outofposition vertically, and means for rotating the same, substantially as and for. the purpose set forth.

2. In a wire-rod-reeling machine, asleeve having rotary and ,vertical movements, and provided at the upper end thereof with a series of radial arms, upon each of which are mounted a pair of gears having an arm or spoke secured thereto, in combination with means rotating with the sleeve for turning said gears andspokes, substantially as and-for the purpose set forth.

3. In a wire-rod-reeling machine, a vertical shaft and means for turning the same, and a sleeve fitted over said shaft, having rotary and vertical movements, also being supported in a vertically-sliding carriage, and provided at the upper end thereof with a series of radial arms, upon each of which are mounted a pair of gears having an arm or spoke secured thereto, in combination with means rotating with the shaft, and sleeve for turning said gears and spokes, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In awire-rod-reeling machine, the combination of the gears 26 27, fitted to turn vertically on the arms 7ofsleeve 7 and provided with the radially-projecting arms 30 3], with 'connectingrods 32 and horizontal plate 21,

fastened to drivingshaft 6, saidshaft being fitted to turn and held in position vertically, and the sleeve 7, arranged to turn with the shaft and so made as to be moved up and down vertically, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In an upright reeling-machine for coiling wire rods as they are delivered thereto in a heated state from a rolling-mill, two circular rows of arms or spokes pivotally arranged one within and at a short distance from the other upon the reel of said machine, in combination with means, substantially as dcscribed,whereby said hinged arms or spokes may be automatically elevated into vertical positions and swung down below the top surface of said reel, substantially in the manner specified,for the purposes stated.

HORACE A. YOUNG. Witnesses:

WALTER B. N OURSE, LUOIUS W. BRIGGS. 

